Le MONSTRE - La Ronde, Montreal - POV 

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Grew up getting thrashed around on this thing. It used to be a lot worse; considering how massive the structure is combined with its age, I think they've done a pretty good job on it in the past few years. I'll always love this thing. Still wouldn't be opposed to an RMC treatment... not that that seems terribly likely under six flags ownership.

It’s not the roughness from what I understand, it’s the boringness of the layout and the fact that some kiddie coasters have more elements than this ride

@@mikekelly7862Do you mean it was rougher before they replaced the Morgan trains (2013-2014 season)?

@@mikekelly7862 it's due to parks canada, (and that comes from a friend who knows one of six flags co owners), behing idiots and incompetent!

@@marcleslac2413 ah ok interesting. So it's less a license for RMC to operate in Canada thing and more just because (I imagine) the whole island is technically under parks canada administration... even though the park itself is leased by the city. What a convoluted situation. Very on brand for Montreal lol!

Are you kidding me? It's seriously my favorite ride of all time!

no c'mon its probably the best at Laronde. they've improved it a lot in the past years with new trains and all. Honestly, one of the best of this park.

Wdym its very good

@@JMD422 it would be nice if they had the trains race. I don’t understand why they built two tracks.

@@EASWeather yup i would, but don't expect too much from the least funded parks of six flags 🥴

Easy. We love our old jank rides. This is the only big theme park in the entire province of Québec and Le monstre is our only wooden coaster + a piece of our History with a potential for 8 million votes. It ain't better than El Toro, it ain't better than X2, it's not the tallest wooden coaster (it's the tallest dual-track wooden coaster though), not the fastest, not the best airtime and it was built using very limited space, which is why the tracks pass through the structure so many times. It used to run 2 trains simultaneously on each track and just that alone with the old trains made for a very different experience than today. Trains were lighter and didn't cause an earthquake from putting so much stress on the structure + the restraint was only a single metal bar. It didn't squeeze your nuts for being so tight. And finally, La Ronde is not a Six Fucks park. It was bought out by them then left to rot. The only decent ridesWe don't care about the rides at six flags parks in the states and we overall don't give a shit about six flags themselves. Maybe El Toro is better but do we care? Nope. Someone made that contest known to more than just coaster enthusiasts and this is the result.

​@@gustru2078biggest wood coaster in the world... Classic.

Because Québec social medias are strong

as much as I love to dunk on this coaster, track 1's double down has some of the best ejector I've ever felt

@@plazasta The first time I rode this coaster I had not yet memorized all the layout, and this double down took me by surprise lol

I did this and it’s not as bad as it looks, it’s actually pretty fun.

The Texas Giant was fairly smooth for its first several seasons. Even after it got rough it was a great ride. The RMC treatment helped the roughness but kind of dampened the thrill.

(I was told it was supposed to be a secret, but yes, it was in 2021 iirc when RMC retracked that first drop with their topper track!)

​@@plazastaHuh. Why didn't they retrack the whole ride?

@@IIISPKIII cash most likely

The original trains were the best. It's been garbage since.

Yeah u need to hold on tifht or else the whiplash

ABSOLUTELY

Sure that is fine , thanks!

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The definition of jankiness

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looks pretty brutal

@@CoasterHorizons ikr

I mean I have fun on it, but it is one of the roughest coasters I've ever been on and the layout is mostly (outside of one airtime moment on each side) pretty boring and uninspired. The train just meanders through the second half

Looks about as fun as mean streak....time to RMC this thing..ha.

@@billchief397 pretty sure Mean Streak was better than this

I know right, I rode it yesterday and I was bleeding from the nose. The ride is way too rough.

@@PhasmophobiaHACKS I get bruises on my sides every time that take weeks to clean off hahaha

To be fair, the entire park is a dump

My bro got hit on shoulder lol

It is, I went twice and got bruises twice. Went this weekend and have a HUGE bruise in my entire lateral.